Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131
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1 U- I4 ?( V% a; ^7 t* `$ VJapanese Ships
3 W3 W9 n5 z2 W2 N, F SS I-254 X. F( f- A9 p/ C; O6 w5 E. g
* c# Y/ X3 y6 G5 M$ sAllied Ships
6 X* M g; A: e2 v' b- u! b CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage( a& | w4 H3 ~9 w- N
CA Salt Lake City
4 e" ^: C) B- L! a/ K- [ DD McCall! N7 {* w- ?# t
DD Balch
. ]# b, _" W1 A( u9 L2 z DD Fanning
; ~/ b4 R; }1 F) S6 N$ c DD Dunlap
! X2 h/ C% j( t" H0 w: g DD Ellet
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5 F7 n1 e. @5 N# S- i- v3 tSS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise
8 `& m* h$ z2 h5 T$ sDD Balch attacking submerged sub ....
- O, y' P2 `. U1 J0 o+ ]DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
6 |7 {- P" K9 ?+ F& TDD Balch loses contact with SS I-250 p- x* b4 E. ~' B8 J: r1 O9 _" B
DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25/ \# P. ?( z$ e3 o. I
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
% h6 X6 b. M1 g- D5 Z2 iDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
% Q3 k9 q9 l6 p1 V [7 V' K. nDD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....2 T5 D! X1 `2 W
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
! K7 b7 [9 j0 ~, O6 p8 JDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
: |2 b& E4 z1 d7 j- CDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search3 g" x% h8 T X- _, q
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
1 P0 Q1 T9 y8 Q. g5 y9 ^" L# ^. qDD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25( ?2 z, G6 ^8 `' g) ~
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
# H9 F- F$ f4 ~4 TDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...3 d1 F& p2 z2 C+ y
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
) F( s" P9 X7 l3 ?& dEscort abandons search for sub |